Screened window



' c. DALFONSO SCREENED WINDOW Filed Nov. 28, 1928 M 14 INVENTOR.

Alex C. DAlFonso,

A TTORNEYS Patented Get. 21 1930 ITED STATES ALEX G. DALFONSO, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA sennnivnn wrnnow Application filed November 28, 1928. Serial No. 322,361.

This invention relates to swinging or hinged windows, either of the casement type or transom variety which are hinged or pivoted along one edgeso as to swing open or closed. I

As the type of window mentioned above ordinarily requires the use of an auxiliary adjusting bar for holding the window sash adjusted at various points of opening, it

1 presents a difliculty to install such windows in combination with screen frames as the presence of ascreen frame over the window opening closed by such a swinging sash ordinarily interferes with the accessibility of the sash for manipulation and for cleaning.

The objects of the present invention are to provide an improved arrangement or mounting of aswinging windowsash in combination with a swinging screen frame, whereby 4 accessibility of the in and outside of the sash is readily had so that the same may be cleaned, and the'sash may be readily operated from within the room by means extending through the screen frame. Also such a combination as above outlined which will be simple and cheap to manufacture, and easy to install in buildings.

Briefly described my invention comprises the provision of a rigid screen frame hingedly mounted to the building or fixed window frame so as to open inwardly, and upon the screen frame I hingedly mount the window sash, in a manner so that the sash and screen frame may .be' bodily swung as a unit from the hinges of the screen frame, or when the screen frame is closed the window sash may be bodily swungoutward to any desired degree from its hinges which are secured to the screen frame. By this means the window sash is free to be opened to any degree with the screen frame closed, or the screen frame may be swung into the room to carry with it the window sash which is a trifle smaller so as to clear the opening, and thus when the window sash is swung into the room upon the screen frame it may be easily cleaned from both sides. A further object of the invention is to provide a means of adjusting the hinged window sashin relation to the hinged screen frame all bodily carried on the screen frame independently of the fixed window frame or sill.

In the drawing accompanying this application Fig. 1 is an elevation of my screened window complete with its adjusting bar and with the frame and window sash shown in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the combined sash and screen frame of Fig. 1 taken through the lines 22 thereof.

Fig. 3 is a cross section of Fig. 1 taken through the lines 3-3 thereof, and with the window and screen frame also shown dotted vat various positions.

' Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged fragmentary portions ofFig. 1 showing respectively the combined window sash and screen frame latch as seen from the outside of the window from the line 4, and as seen from the inside of the window. 6

Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively enlarged plan and elevation views showing my special sash adjusting device in association with the adjacent portions of the screen and window sash frame.

In reference to the drawing it should be clearly understood that the invention may be applied to a'hinged window frame whether the same be hinged at the side, top or bottom, and whether there be one or any number of swinging windows in a given window opening, the drawings however show the ap-- plication of my invention to a window hinged on the side, that is a casement type of window, and also with the screen frame hinged 5 at the side.

In further detail the drawing shows at 1 a fixed window frame which may be of any conventional type, the upper lintel being designated 1 and the lower sill 1".

This window frame may be formed with suitable stops as indicated at 2, either integrallyjor attached, and within this fixed frame which of course attaches to the building in the ordinary maner, I mount an inwardly swinging screen frame 3. This screen frame is mounted on hinges 4 to the fixed frame so that the screen frame may be swung inwardly into the room, and when closed it will seat against the stops and may 3', engaging the hook 5 secured to the fixed frame 1. The screen frame is suitably covered with wireslide screen material 6 as indicated, and on the outer side of the screen frame is positioned a window sash 7 carrying the window glass 8 in the usual manner.

This window sash is here shown (Fig. 2) as recessed into the screen frame 3 soas to be substantially flush at the outside therewith, but this feature while producing a more compact arrangement need not necessarily be carried out. i v

The window sash 7 is hingedly-mounted to the screen frame 3'by1means ofhinges 9 positioned along the vertical side of the window on which the screen hinges 4 are positioned.

-The window sash 7 being smaller thanthe screen frame 3 and bodily carried thereon, may be swung as a unit with the screen frame into the room as indicated in the dotted posit-ion shown in Fig. 3.

The sash 7 may be firmly locked to the screen frame 3 by means of an extension 9f the latch 4 designated 4 in a recess in the side of the screen frame and which engages a latch plate or hooklO recessed and secured to the. sash. The length of the latching plate and disposition of the engaging portions of the revolv'able latch 4 on opposite sides of the screen frame are such that a single turn of the latch 4 will lock the screen frame firmly to the fixed window frame and at the same time lock the sash to the screen frame as indi cated in Figs. 4 and 5, but when it is desired I to release the sash so that the same may be opened outwardly from the screen-frame a slight turn of the latch 4 will first release the sash without releasing the screen frame from its engagement with the plate 5 on account of the longer engaging portion of this latch. 'This action isthOught clearly indicated by the dotted positions of the latch in Figs. 4 and 5 and the relative length of the latching plate hooks or tongues therein shown. I I

In order to operate the swinging sash from w1thin the swinging screen frame I provide a special adjusting bar .adapted to serve the combined arrangement, and which includes a channel strip 11 mortised into the lower run of the sash and with the open side of the chan- 3 nel directed downwardly. An adjusting bar 12 assing through to the screen frame is prov1 ed with an upwardly turned outer end 13 engaging in and movable along the chan nel 11. The adjusting bar 12 is provided with a relatively straight portion which lies substantially parallel to the sash when the latter is closed as shown in Fig. 6, and the bar is bent at 12 so as to extend angularly to the screen frame when in this position.

Positioned on the bar where it passes through the screen frame, and revolvable in an opening therein is a circular block 14 either pinned or otherwise secured to the bar. The bar projects through the block 14 and is provided with an operating handle 15.

Partially surrounding the block 14 is a housing 16 preferably made of sheet metal.

so that when the washer 18 is forced against the housing it will slightly deform the same against the flat portion 14 of the block and thus get an extremely tight grip upon the housing so as to hold the adjusting rod 12 at any point of angular adjustment with relation to the screen frame when the window sash is opened by swinging the handle 15 toward the left. By this means a slight twist on the handle to the left releases its grip upon the housing so that it may beswung in either direction, and a twist to the right clamps the washer 18 against the housing and flat spot 14 of the block 14 so that the rod and hence the window sash is held immovable in whichever position it may be at the time.

Since the adjusting bar 12 is positioned beneath the channel 11 and bent in the manner shown, it willvlie in the mortised portion of the sash beneath the channel when the sash is closed asindicated in Fig. 6 of the drawing, thus permitting the window sash to close tightly against the screen frame without any interference of these parts.

It may of course be suggested that any other style of adjusting bars may be used, but

the conditions requiring-the swinging winv dow sash and swinging screen frame to work as a unit and carry the ad ustingmechamsm entirely upon the screen frame made it necessary to design this special device,and since without it the screemframe and sash arrangement would not be practicable it would appear to form a necessary element of the inven-.

tion and is therefore herein claimed together with-the other features of the combination.

I claim 1. A screen frame, means hingedly securing" the screen frame to a fixed portion of a building so that the screen frame may be swung inwardly, and a window sash hingedlymounted on the screen frame arranged to swing inwardly on and with the same, as well as outwardly from the screen frame and means for adjusting said sashto open position carried by said screen frame for bodily swinging therewith.

. tised out to receive the bracing bar when 2. A screen frame, means hingedly securing the screen frame to a fixed portion of abullding so that the screen frame may be swung 1n wardly, and a window sash hingedly mounted on the screen frame arranged to swing inwardly on and with the same, as well as outwardly from the screen frame and means for adjusting said sash to open position carried by said screen frame for bodily swinglng therewith comprising a bracing bar slidably engaging the sash and pivotally passing through the screen frame adapted for manipulation from within.

3. A screen frame, means hingedly securing the screen frame to a fixed portion of a building so that the screen frame may be swung inwardly, and a window sash hingedly mounted on the screen frame arranged to swing inwardly on and with the same, as well as outwardly from the screen frame and means for adjusting said sash to open position carried by said screen frame for bodily swinging therewith comprising a bracing bar slid-\ ably engaging the sash and pivotally passing through the screen frame adapted for manipulation from within, a bracket on the screen frame in which said bar swivels, and a handle on the inner end of said bar arranged and adapted for clamping said bracket.

4. In a structure as specified in claim 2 a portion of the edge of said frame sash morthe sash is closed.

5. In a structure as specified in claim 2, a clrcular block on said bar where it passes through the screen frame, a bracket secured to'the screen frame overlying the block, and a handle on the inner end of the bar arranged and adapted for clamping the bracket to the vblock.

6; In a combinationscreen frame and window sash wherein the sash is hinged to the screen frame to swing outwardly therefrom, an adjusting bar for the sash carried by the screen frame comprising a rotatable block mounted in an aperture 1n the screen frame, a

bar passing through the block with its outer end slidably engaging the sash, and the inner end of the rod provided with a handle arranged and adapted for clamping the block.

7. In a structure as specified in claim 6, said block being circular and provided with a flat space against which said handle clamps.

8. In a structure as specified in claim 6, the end of the rod engaging the sash provided with a roller, and the sash provided with a channel guide embracing the roller and engaging it against withdrawal.

ALEX O. DALFONSO." 

